The two of them arrived at the newly built dining hall. Compared to the student cafeteria in the old campus, this place was much more upscale. On the first floor, just like any other student cafeteria, there were various windows selling snacks and boxed meals.

On the second floor, it is completely different. The entire second floor is divided into several areas, each housing a different type of restaurant. There is a home-style Chinese restaurant, a hot pot restaurant, a Western restaurant, and even a coffee and dessert bar. They are all separated and decorated in different styles. Inside the restaurants, the seating areas are arranged with tables and chairs that match the respective decoration styles. The arrangement of the tables in the restaurants is also divided into sections based on tables for two, four, six, or eight people. It is completely different from the large communal tables on the first floor.

Although they didn't know how the taste would be like, at least the environment made Song Qiuyao and Qin Yan very satisfied.

And so, both of them made a decision without any hesitation and chose the second floor.

Just as Song Qiuyao was about to ask Qin Yan what he liked to eat, Qin Yan directly took his hand and walked into a hot pot restaurant.

Song Qiuyao has a heavy appetite and particularly enjoys spicy food. However, the majority of the local population in City A prefers sweet flavors and can't tolerate spiciness. Therefore, from childhood to adulthood, Song Qiuyao has always been like an outsider among the people of City A, let alone finding someone to accompany them for a spicy hot pot meal. Song Qiuyao finally made it to university with great difficulty, thinking that there would always be some classmates from other regions who would join them in eating hot pot. However, their former roommates were all from the surrounding cities of City A and also couldn't handle spice well. Even on the rare occasion they went out for hot pot, the broth would always be clear, leaving Song Qiuyao feeling extremely disappointed.

After a couple of times, he no longer invited classmates to eat hot pot. However, it felt strange to go alone to eat hot pot. Therefore, every time he wanted to eat hot pot, Song Qiuyao would always order a delivery of spicy soup and pretend to be eating hot pot.

"Can you handle spicy food?" Song Qiuyao asked.

"I quite like it," Qin Yan replied with a smile.

"Great! I finally found someone who can accompany me for hotpot. You have no idea how frustrating it was when my previous roommates didn't like spicy food."

So the two of them entered the hot pot area and found a corner seat next to the air conditioning. They sat down and ordered their food while discussing various types of cuisine. They talked about what they liked to eat and what they didn't like to eat.

Song Qiuyao has complained several times on Weibo, a public social platform, that he enjoys eating hot pot but doesn't have anyone to share it with. However, at the time, Song Qiuyao was unaware that Qin Yan had been secretly following his Weibo for a long time. Therefore, he naively believed that his prayers had been answered, thinking that the heavens had finally heard him and granted him a companion who could enjoy eating together happily. Moreover, this companion also had an outstanding appearance.

In fact, Qin Yan not only knew Song Qiuyao's Weibo ID, but also Song Qiuyao's phone number, QQ number, and WeChat ID. Qin Yan was already extremely familiar with all of this information.

However, Song Qiuyao was exceptionally good at preventing harassment. He had set his mobile phone to only accept calls and messages from contacts on his whitelist. He had also disabled the option to add friends on WeChat and had done the same for his QQ number.

And for this reason, Song Qiuyao has also vented his frustration on Weibo. Why are there always so many promiscuous gays who eagerly send him text messages and call him, harassing him for hookups?

And every time Song Qiuyao is frustrated and complains, the comments she gets on Weibo are all a string of laughter: hahahahahahaha, all because, Song Beauty, you are so good-looking.

Song Qiuyao was speechless at this sight. These days, it seemed that being good-looking was a crime. Back then, Song Qiuyao had been bothered to no end by homosexual dogging enthusiasts, to the point where he even grew tired of people with the same sexual orientation as himself. Just because he was gay didn't mean he could sleep with just anyone, after all.

Song Qiuyao was always harassed by same-sex comments from time to time. Over time, he completely gave up on the idea of finding someone who would treat him well among his pursuers. As a result, he indiscriminately blocked all strangers who came rushing to be his "friends".

From then on, Song Qiuyao kept the doors of his cabinet more tightly sealed.

Anyone who tries to pursue Song Qiuyao is likely to be misunderstood by her as someone who wants a one-night stand with her and will be coldly blacklisted.

This is also the reason why Qin Yan, after falling head over heels for Song Qiuyao at first sight, had been reluctant to pursue her.

Although Qin Yan didn't dare to pursue Song Qiuyao easily, one year was enough for him to quietly understand this person.

Song Qiuyao, a local resident of City A, excels in all theoretical courses and never skips classes or fails any exams. He has a gentle personality and never argues or quarrels with anyone. He is kind and polite to everyone, always willing to help others when they are in need. He has a great reputation among teachers and classmates and is well-liked by everyone. However, Song Qiuyao always maintains a certain distance from others, remaining polite and formal. His previous roommate is one of the few people he has a good relationship with, but most of the time Song Qiuyao prefers to be alone, as if he and his former roommate are not really friends.

Therefore, Song Qiuyao's social circle was very simple.

Song Qiuyao likes to watch anime and Chinese animation. Occasionally, he will read some novels and promote his favorite works on Weibo. Among the works Song Qiuyao promotes, there are sometimes one or two light BL novels or anime with ambiguous undertones. He enjoys sharing interesting jokes on Weibo. Occasionally, he indulges in creating fan artworks or posting selfies on Weibo for his own amusement. Over time, he has gained thousands of followers, making him somewhat popular in the fan community.

But Song Qiuyao never draws BL-themed fanworks, and occasionally draws male characters separately. Therefore, Qin Yan couldn't determine whether Song Qiuyao is actually gay or just a fan of BL, or if he's a straight man who can slightly appreciate high-quality non-explicit BL works.

Song Qiuyao joined the school's anime club but never actually participated in any club activities. He only spoke a few words in the club's QQ group chat when he first joined, recommending a work that he liked. After that, he completely disappeared and never showed up again.

So in the end, Qin Yan's definition of Song Qiuyao was a small houseboy who prefers a mixed diet.

Song Qiuyao enjoyed this meal very much. Qin Yan not only ordered his favorite spicy hotpot with cow bone soup base, but also carefully used public chopsticks to blanch the sliced beef, tender lamb rolls, tripe, and other ingredients before placing them neatly on a clean plate, quietly waiting for Song Qiuyao to eat.

When it was almost time to finish the meal, Qin Yan excused himself to go to the restroom and paid the bill beforehand.

After Song Qiuyao finished eating happily, she realized that the bill had already been settled. She felt extremely embarrassed that on the first day they met, the other person had treated her to a meal.

However, no matter what Qin Yan said, he refused to accept Song Qiuyao's money.

That Senior Qin Yan, next time let me treat you to a meal together, you mustn't keep it a secret and pay the bill again.

"Okay." Qin Yan nodded. He was just waiting for Song Qiuyao to take the initiative to ask him out for a meal.

Coming out of the canteen, Song Qiuyao took out his phone to check the time. It was now 6:40, and there were still 20 minutes left before the roll call for the new semester at 7 o'clock. So, the two of them slowed down their pace and leisurely strolled towards the teaching building.

After the roll call is over later, I want to go to the supermarket to buy some daily necessities. I noticed that you didn't bring much with you from home, so there should be quite a few things you need to buy. Do you want to go together?" Qin Yan asked.

"Okay." Song Qiuyao nodded.

"Then, let's exchange phone numbers so we can easily contact each other later," they said, and proceeded to swap their phone numbers.

Qin Yan asked Song Qiuyao whether she often uses WeChat or QQ in her daily life. If it's convenient, Qin Yan hopes that they can add each other as friends, just in case something happens and they can't contact each other if one of them loses their phone.

So, Song Qiuyao closed the function of prohibiting adding friends and changed it to a friend verification through answering questions.

After adding Qin Yan as a friend, Song Qiuyao thought for a moment. It had been almost a year since those people had shown interest in him, so the novelty of their attention should have worn off by now. He didn't think there would be so many annoying people bothering him anymore, so he decided not to activate the "disable friend requests" mode again.